The College News
VOL. XII. No. 12.
BRYN MAWR (AND WAYNE). PA., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 13, 1926
PRICE, 10 CENTS
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Good Queen Twenty-Eight Tenders
Splendid Tribute to Star of
Second Year Literature "
DOWNFALL OF BACONIAN HERESY
Under the piercing Hght of the gym-
nasium mazdas, freshmen and sophomores
met for their annual revel last Saturday
night, this time a ball in honor of Master
Will Shakespeare.
A most regat Qtteen Bess presided from
a throne at one end, and even descended
to dance with the princes, freaks and fair
ladies milling about her. The dancing,
which began at .eight, was cut by a lusty
"hey ding a ding a ding" from the throats
of *Z$, and then by a homely rendering of
I'yromus and Tkisbe. J. Stetson as the
wall, wagged suggestive fingers and rolled
a knowing eye; the lovers, J. Fesler and
P. Burr, peeked and pined before him in
fine Greek tragic style. After the skit
the strange press thickened. A beggar boy
with rotting teeth and evil eyes beaued a
duchess in white and gold. Faultless in
dress shirt and tux, an elegant black-eyed
modern Hamlet showed one gayly ruffed
lass (her name was not Ophelia) how to
do the Charleston. No place on the floor
escaped patrol from a dusky gold turbanded
unknown. His wicked eyes rolled here
above a yellow head wreathed in roses.
there his bad black arms stained the
shoulders of some pretty milkmaid,
wedge of red noses and Stetsons.. The
wedge of red roses and Stetsons. The
sheriff and his assistant appeared with their
Colts in hand to uphold the Baconian
theory and proclaim the hero of the evening
the plagiarist. The music played on, the
licKgar boy skulked boldly in front of them,
llic brazen moor went his rounds as be-
fore, and sweet and kind, the ladies passed
them by. The raiding went on for" 10 min-
utes ami then the mock police were per-
suaded to share in refreshments. The gym-
nasium, by a previous understanding, was
emptied at 11 sharp.
HAROLD BAUER PLAYS BRAHMS-
SCHUMANN CONCERT IN TAYLOR
Givei Magnificent Recital in Series
Under Department of Music
CARL SANDBURG, POET OF THE
WEST, WILL SPEAK NEXT WEEK
Besides Singing and Reciting, He Will
Discus Qnestion of New Poetry
The first night after mid-years begin,
January 19, must be saved from study, for
Carl Sandburg, "fascinating and fearless
painter with words," is going to speak
Under the auspices of the Liberal Club he
will talk on "Is There a New Poetry?" and,
besides reciting his poems, he will read
some of the Rootabaga Stories and will sing
Western folk-songs, accompanying himself
on a guitar.
Mr. Sandburg was born in Galesburg,
111., and his formative years were spent
working in brick yards and potteries and
riding "rattlers" to Kansas wheat fields,
where he swung a pitchfork at the thrash-
ing machine. He worked his way through
Lombard College, Galesburg, 111. During
the war he represented a newspaper syndi-
cate in the Scandinavian countries. "He en-
joys newspaper writing as a craft and the
writing of poetry as an art and religion."
He is the aathor of Chicago Poems. Corn-
huskers. Smoke and Steel, Slabs of the Sun-
burnt West, Rootabaga Stories, nearly all
of which have been translated into French,
Spanish, Yiddish, Russian, Danish and
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Playing splendidly, with brilliant tech-
nique, fine intelligence, and dominating
personality, Harold Bauer presented a
program of Schumann and Brahms, at the
third of the concerts in Taylor Hall, on
Thursday evening, January 7.
The Brahms Waltzes opened the pro-
gram, played with great variety of.inter-
pretation. There followed the Fantasia,
Op. 17, of Schumann, interesting and
beautiful in parts, in others dull and unin-
spired. Especially well-played was the
second group, all of Brahms, including
the tragic Edward Ballade and the charm-
ing, delicate Intermezzo, Op. 116, No. 4.
Last came eight short pieces of Schu-
mann.
The program was as follows:
1. Waltzes, Op. 3�.............Brahms
2., Fantasia, Op. 17 ..........Schumann
Allegro molto appassionato
Marcia
Andante
3. (a) Romance. Op. 118, No. 5..Brahms
(b) Ballade. Op. 10, No. 1 (Edward),
Brahms
(c) Intermezzo, Op. 116, No. 4,
** Brahms
(d) Rhapsody, Op. 119. No. 4,
Brahms
4. Fantasiestuecke. Op. 12-----Schumann
Des Abends (At Eventide)
Aufschwung (Elevation)
Warum (Why?)
Grillen (Caprices)
In der Nacht (In the Night)
Fabel (Fable)
Traumeswirren (Dream Disturb-
ances)
l.nde vorn Lied (The End of the
Song) \
WINDMILLS ARE NOT ELECTRIC
FANS TO KEEP COWS COOL
Do Not Confuse Cause and Effect Says
Doctor Ogilby in Chapel
"The future has a definite bearing on
the present," said Dr. Ogilby, President of
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut,
speaking in chapel, Sunday evening. Be-
cause of this it is important that our con-
ception of the future be not as a mechani-
cal affair or as a string of events geomet-
rically arranged, but as something that
we can influence by our thoughtful pur-
pose.
Christ's idea of the future was in per-
sonal terms. If we accept the theory that
"all that is to come is one everlasting now
to an omniscient God, then we must put
ourselves in touch with the universe in
order that we may approximate some idea
of the future."
It will not be hard for us to see the
present and future in their proper rela-
tions if we have no "Post hoc, propter
hoc" theory of cause and effect. Such a
theory has been responsible for most of
the mistakes in the world. We must not be
like the soldiersSvho saw windmills for the
first time and thought they were "electric
fans to keep the cows cool." Wind is the
causer not the result of the windmill's
motion. The soldiers reversed their
cause and effects.
Since it is our dynamic imagination that
enables us to project ourselves into the
future "it is with this power and a defi-
nite purpose that we can govern our dairy
lives rightly."
SMOKING IS SATISFACTION OF
DRUG HABIT, SAYS DR. DUNHAM
III Effects of Nicotine, Which is Not
Indispensable, Pointed Out
'Smoking, regarded from a medical point
of view, was condemned as a drug, habit
by Dr. Ethel Dunham, assistant professor
of pediatrics at Yale University School of
Medicine and chairman of the Committee
on Hygiene of the Bryn Mawr Alumnae
Association, speaking in Chapel on Monday
morning, January 11. It differs from other
such habits, however, she continued, in three
ways�namely: (1) the effects desired are
not to be attributed. to its most active con-
stituent, nicotine; (2) there is no great
physiological demand for the dose of to-
bacco, so that the habit of smoking can be
stopped suddenly without any striking
physiologic reaction; (3) it is a psychic
demand for the satisfaction of a habit, and
can be classed with chewing gum, eating
candy or sucking toothpicks.
After her introduction Dr. Dunham gave
a brief history of the use of tobacco: It
was used by the aboriginal tribes of America
before they became known to civilization,
being introduced into Europe in the early
part of the sixteenth century. Smoking is
the most ancient use of tobacco, snuff an
intermediate development (being introduced
by Francis II of France), while chewing is
comparatively modem. "The enjoyment de-
rived from the use of tobacco has never
been' adequately explained," pursued Dr.
Dunham. "It is not even proved that nico-
tine is essential to the pleasurable results.
A certain amount of rhythmic movement
demanding no exertion seems in itself to
have a soothing, pleasure-giving effect com-
parable to the satisfaction given to many
by chewing tasteless objects, such as gum
or straws. The pleasure derived from a
cigar is abolished for many persons if they
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EXECUTIVE DESCRIBES
� WORLD COURT PARLEY
H. Hopkinson, '26, Tells Under-Grad-
uate Meeting Aims and Achieve-
ments of* Princeton Conference
INTER'COLLEGE UNION PLANNED
BEDROOM FARCE IS CHRISTMAS
GIFT OF PEMBROKE FRESHMEN
Charleston Wins Prize'in Spite of Re-
vived Glory of Ancient Gavotte
\
In accord with the traditional Yuletidc
spirit, the Pembroke and East House
Freshmen entertained the college in the
Pembroke dining room, Tuesday night,
December 21, just before embarking On
Christmas vacation. Their performance,
with the possible exception of a song or
two, was even better than the usual Fresh-
men efforts.
The first stage of the "Nightmare" was
laid in a 1929 boudoir wherein a heavily-
suitcased room-mate urged the world in
general to "yield not to temptation." The
second episode consisted of a song and
dance more or less performed by the dan-
gers of the Freshmen, i. e., cigarettes,
champagne, cards, the fatal F�quiz, the
unmarried professor and the inevitable
broken rule. C. A. receptions and Junior
teas, with all the usual Freshman agony
of elusive interviews and "break the ice"
onversations, made up the next two
scenes. From here the action wandered
through songs of 1886 to a very cleverly
hythmical exhibition of the ancient and
honorable physical exam.
Afterwards dancing in its various forms
and functions actively took place. The
first honors of the competition went to
the Charleston, done amazingly well by
R. Elting, '28. and E. Lippinccftt, '27, in
spi(e of the light fantastic tripping of the
polka and square waltz. It might be men-
tioned that the collection of costumes
were much more original than usual.
At a meeting of the yndergraduate As-
sociation on Wednesday, December 16, H.
Hopkinson, '26. member of the executive
committee for the Intercollegiate Confer-
ence on the World Court held at Princeton
University, December 11 and 12, reported
on the work of the conference.
"At Princeton 249 colleges were represent-
ed and 39 States," said Miss Hopkinson;
in fact there were three members from
California. Two problems were considered
by this large group, the World Court and
the formation of some kind of intercol-
legiate association on the plan of the Con-
federation Internationale des Etudiants."
A debate between Senator Lenroot and
Clarence Darrow opened the conference on
Friday evening, December 11. Saturday
morning, 18 groups led by prominent
speakers discussed the World Court ques-
tion; and in the afternoon an open forum
was held, in which everyone showed great
interest and full information. At the vot-
ing only four votes were cast against the
Court. Many favored entrance by the
United States into the Court as a first step
towards entrance into the League of Na-
tions.
A permanent organization was the sub-
ject of the meeting on Saturday evening,
according to a scheme of independent vot-
ing by the delegates to be ratified by their
colleges. Officers, too. were elected, to be-
gin their functions when ratification by all
the organizations shall have taken place.
"A permanent organization for the ex-
pression of student opinion is very impor-
tant," Miss Hopkinson went on. "It will
collect student opinion, stimulate interest in
international problems like the World
Court, and facilitate student intercourse,
especially international intercourse. The
vice president of the' C. I. E. will probably
join us shortly."
APPOINTMENT BUREAU ASKS
REGISTRATION OF SENIORS
Very Importment Even If Jobs Are
Not Wanted for Immediate Use
Dean Manning and Miss Faulkner wish
to urge all Senior graduate students to
register with the Appointment Bureau as
soon as possible. There are several rea-
sons why it is most important that girls
should register by the middle of their sen-
ior year whether or not they expect to
be looking for jobs in June or October.
In the first place, it is of the utmost value
to the Bureau when an interesting open-
ing is heard of to know exactly what can-
didates there may be, and unless it has a
record which includes the whole Senior
Class, it is never sure that some of those
who have not registered may not be avail-
able. In the second place it is of great
importance to the Seniors themselves .to
have certain information on file with the
Appointment Bureau where it is readily
available when they wish to use it some
years hence. Even if a girl is sure that
she is not going to be looking for a job
next year. fSe~ cannot be sure that she
may not be differently situated five years
from now, and it will be much more diffi-
cult to obtain the kind of information
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